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Iragavarapu-Charyulu, Vijaya. Ph.D. Iragavarapu-Charyulu, Vijaya. Ph.D. Printable Version
  • B.A., University of Miami, Miami, Florida, 1975
  • PhD., University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 1980
  • BSMT, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, 1998
  • Tumor immunology
  • Cytokine expression and transcriptional regulation during mammary tumorigenesis
  • Chemokine/chemokine receptor expression in mammary tumor progression
  • Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and leukocyte trafficking by T cells
  • Signaling events in T cells as they pertain to elevated levels of expression of chemokines and MMPs
  • Florida Atlantic University, Dept of Medical Laboratory Sciences; Asst Professor, 1999-2002
  • University of Miami, Instructor, 1995-1999
  • University of Miami, Post Doctoral Fellow, 1993-1995
  • Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York), Post Doctoral Fellow, 1980-1981
  • Lopez, D.M., Charyulu, V., and Adkins, B. (2002). Influence of breast cancer on thymic function in mice. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. 17:28 (191-199).
  • Sun, Q.L., Charyulu, V., Lobo, D., and Lopez, D.M. 2002. Role of thymic stromal cell dysfunction in the thymic involution of mammary tumor bearing mice. Anticancer Res. 22: 91-96.
  • Adkins, B., V. Charyulu, Q-L. Sun, D. Lobo, and D.M. Lopez. (2000). Early block in maturation is associated with thymic involution in mammary tumor bearing mice. Journal of Immunol., 164:5635-5640.
  • Charyulu, V. and D.M. Lopez. (2000). Elevated GM-CSF levels in tumor bearing mice upregulate IL-6 production by B cells via a mechanism independent of TNF-?. Int J. of Oncol., 16:161-167.
  • Charyulu, V., and D.M. Lopez. (1999). Abnormal binding pattern and composition of the NF-kB complex components are involved in increased TNF-? production by tumor bearers’ B cells. Int. J. Mol. Med., 3:411-416.
  • Lopez, D.M., M.E. Handel-Fernandez, X. Cheng, V. Charyulu, M. DiNapoli, and C. Calderon. (1996). Cytokine production by lymphoreticular cells from mammary tumor bearing mice: The role of tumor-derived factors. Anticancer Res., 16:3923-3930.
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